Analysis of The Demon
Cheryl Scott 1959 (Indiana)
One drink, two drinks, threes drinks and more
From the depths of a bottle is where its poured
Piercing pain of demeaning words
Cruel and blistering now is heard
Night after night I cringe and wait
The demon will come from the bottles gate.
I see the bottle again in plain sight
I know the torment I face tonight
I hate this demon he's not from this world
Where does he hide in the depths of his world
I wish I could slay this demon I see
But then again would it be he or thee
I told you of this demon but to no matter
He holds you tight and has destroyed your manners
I watch you walk and run into walls
Tomorrow you'll say oh its he that calls.
Sooner or later the evil will come.
I'm afraid of what will be the outcome
My body is old my mind is tired
Solitary torment is mine I'm so tired.
From the gentle hands of once a lover
To the firey tongue of a demons cover
The bottle holds the kiss of his evil
Sleep brings peace and silences the evil.
Scheme | XXXA BBCC DDEE FXGG HHAA FFII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 10110101111 10110101 100100111 11011101 0101110101 1101001011 11011101 1111011111 1111001111 1111111011 1101111111 111111011110 11110101110 111101011 011111111 1011001011 101111101 1101111110 1001111110 1010111010 1011101010 0101011110 1110100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 959 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Families who live the nightmare of alcohol.
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Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by scscott on February 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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